I live in Tulare and Lake Tulare(Tuh-Lair-E) is west of my city. Stoked that you did a video on Lake Tulare! I always watch your videos! Keep up the awesome work!
Bakersfield girl here... To hear him mispronounced that after all the hard work and quality that went in on the video😢 and now every time I hear Tulair.. fingernails on a chalkboard
Hey look at us! We’re infallible humans! GOD made us in his image, so we must be AMAZING, am I right?😃 ( or did we make HIM in OURS… ) ANYHOO, because we are the chosen of God we’re perfect and… what’s that..? You say we just destroyed hundreds of thousands of years of nature’s brilliance in roughly one decade??? Oops… how will brilliant mankind excuse their inevitable arc of destruction? Stay tuned for as long as the planet holds together!!
I love my California brothers and sisters... "Hey, let's build our farms on the bottom of a lakebed! What could possibly go wrong?" "Hey, let's build our houses on easily-eroded seaside cliffs! What could possibly go wrong?" "Hey, let's build critical structures on top of faultlines! What could possibly go wrong?"
@@hoi-polloi1863 Well the land is very fertile so I can’t blame them for growing crops on it. Plus Cali had been in such a long drought , who knew it was going to fill up from an atmospheric river.
@@davidrafanan6519 Yeah, of the three items, that one is the most understandable. I'm taking off a few points because the land has flooded periodically several times before... ;D
The entire Central Valley's soil is what is known as alluvial fill. It's a thousand feet deep. This valley has about 48 inches of top soil, more than any other place on earth. Average top soil is about 6 to 8 inches thick, which supports all life on earth, by being fertile enough to grow crops with out a lot of man made fertilizers. The West side of the valley floor was once Alkaline flats, where only scrub grass could grow. Then about 60 years ago, sugar beats were planted, because they love the alkaline soil, converting the alkaline into sugar. Several years ago I helped my friends company demolish the sugar plant in Mendota, where sugar beats were processed into sugar. The sugar beats removed the alkaline from the soil, and altered the soil chemistry so that beat production was no longer profitable. However, now the soil is very suitable for growing all sorts of other crops. First alfa was planted, and the soil further modified, and now fruit and nut trees can flourish. Can you say TERRA FORMING !!! The East side of the valley, is very rich in nutrients, washed down from the Sierra Nevada mountains to the East. There has always been ground water available, as the base of the valley is mostly solid rock, and other impervious clays, so the water stays trapped, since the last ice age. The aquifer is so deep in many parts of the valley now days, that it is too costly to pump it to the surface. We literally " Mined " Ground water for a century. When I was a kid, back in the 1950's our wells were at about 100 feet depth. The same well location now goes to over 300 feet, and the water is no good !!! Polluted from fuel spills at Hammer Field, now the Fresno Terminal, ( FAT/FYI ). We are just South of the airport. We were connected to the Bakeman water district from the late 1950's on, until about 1970 or so. We are now connected to Fresno City water, as the Bakeman wells became too polluted with the same runoff from our former Army Air Force base, Hammer Field. In the Western United States, water is KING !!! With out water rights, you can't even pump water from under your own land. Water is treated like any other mineral, coal, iron ore, gold or oil, etc. The old expression, " Whisky is for drinking, and water is for fighting " is still true today. Lots of Valley water is shipped to Los Angles, by farmers who sell it, because they are no longer farming due to crop subsidies. They have " Water Rights ". The entire Owens Valley, in Eastern California, is owned by the city of Los Angles, purchased by William Mulholland ( The guy who built LA !!! ), over 100 years ago to supply water to LA. In 1902 or there about, he and several others made questionable land deals, and acquired water rights to the entire Owens valley Farmers who purchased land there, intending to farm the land, found out too late that they only leased the land, and did not own the water rights, so they can not pump water to water their own crops. The city of Los Angles, owns all the water collected in this small valley. I hope that this brief explanation answers your Question. Valleys world wide always seem to have the best soils for growing, as well as adequate water supplies, whether of surface water, or shallow wells. Tim
If the lake only rises to about 6 feet, I don't know why they did not think of using stilts, stairs, docks, instead of rebuilding over and over again, people do this all the time where the water levels can rise or fall as much as 30 ft.
Large lakes have a lot of possitive effects by slowly evaporating year round... After russia diverted a lake it came with lots of issues. Usually the precipitation helps regulate rain, prevent dust, keep temps lower, and better growth.
seriously though... this happens all the time so just give the land back to the lake and leave it! Especially since it could help so much of california maybe... you know... not be on fire constantly by repairing so many other parts of the areas ecosystems???
@@thepkitty The problem with "giving the land back to the lake" is that the people owning the land will want their investment in the land and improvements back. If California wants the land as a lake then seizing everyone's land will come with fair market compensation, which would take money away from feeding, clothing, and sheltering illegal aliens, take away from slavery reparations, and money taken away from health care to illegal aliens and poor Americans. Raising taxes on rich people won't work as well because they run the state government, and Hollywood actors and actresses are immune to higher taxes by California law. That means non rich Californians who aren't on welfare will be paying for it.
It's these private investors putting dams all over the sierras. I studied this in field bio and the one connection no one makes is that the drought is directly correlated to these big bodies of water being drained. When the flooding happened from all the rain, the government acted shocked. All you needed to do, and what they should be doing is warning the residents in the area, because the flooding will happen again, and it will be worse the next time. The ecosystem in CenCal had always been Wetland Marshes. If you want to know more, then look up water tables sinking in California. 🤘🏼😤
It is ironic, drain the largest aquafer in the state and then pump groundwater to the point of subsidence so water will no longer percolate to underground reservoirs. Then farmers blame the politicians for the lack of water when the very practices they and their predecessors employed are the root of the problem. 😕
I currently live south of Houston. That sprawling mass was built on a swamp, thought drained. Water always goes back to its roots, and people are still surprised about the flooding in Houston. Hurricane Harvey (2017) was a rather stark reminder, though to be fair, that one did flood a third of Texas. It went to the very old coastline, the Edwards Escarpment just east of Austin. If you check topographical maps, you can see the old coast of Texas. Water always goes back to its roots.
Don't build in flood plains. Just because it's dry doesn't mean it WON'T come back to life. Farmers stole the water so it must mean it still flowed. They just drained it faster than it could regenerate.
The biggest culprit is local and state governments wanting the money for selling land like this. There’s land in every state that shouldn’t be developed, but local governments don’t care about the bigger picture
@@marychrishannon7048 Here in perpetually parched Cali more water is generally a good thing. Not far from this puddle is severe ground subsidence from excess ag pumping and low water table.
Tulare Lake has not been gone for 'Centuries' it re-emerges after intense winter and spring rains. Last time it re-emerged was in the mid 1980's and took 3 years to disappear once again.
The process of using the canals to pump water to ponding basins for aquifer recharge has been going on for years. Large parts of the developed parts of the Central Valley return more water to the aquifers than untouched land. I recommend folks living in the region to take the California Master Gardeners classes, it covers the hydrology of the region quite extensively.
Actually, local farmers could potentially use this to their advantage and possibly build their farms with the idea of flooding in mind, just like the ancient Egyptians did. They actually anticipated the regular flooding of the Nile, using it greatly to their advantage, producing extra food during floods so they'd have food stores to make it through droughts.
@@staomruel It kind of would be, for as long as there is an extreme weather event every 15 years they might be able to cash on for a bit, or they could simply use some sort of terraforming irrigation where one would build large islands a little below use it that way.
There was a swampy area just west of where I grew up. Railroad built a big embankment late 1800's, but the swamp remained until people began filling in the swamp. Then they built very cute townhomes on former swamp. Flooding problems anyone?
A bit sad. All that water has to go somewhere, and it just goes where it always has. Great video, I was not aware of this issue in quite those terms, I knew about the flooding of low-level land, but it's nice to have the big picture. Thanks a lot for your efforts.
I live almost directly across from the Space Center in Florida, since I was a teenager (Im 60 now😂). we had afternoon thunderstorms EVERY single day like clockwork, we'd have to run from the beach into our car, wait about 45 minutes and then go right back to our fun in the sun, this went on up until this past year, our yard used to flood in parts every summer, but we loved it it, cools off everything! This year we've hardly had any rain and it's been at weird times of the day, before hurricane season even started I was telling people it's going to be bad because the weather is warm and that makes for stronger storms! I don't know about y'all but I'm just a tad worried!😮😮
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Awesome video. I feel that if all of the bodies of water had been left alone then we would be in a much better place today. and a lot of animals would have been saved too.
I live in Corcoran and this time last year the flood water was just a mile out of town. They built up the levees all around to hold the water back. I’ve seen it happen 4 times in my lifetime.
The reason these remnant lakes remained after the Great Central Valley Lake drained out via my greater San Fran Bay exit ... and the Central Valley aquifer's water level was still high enough, that shallow lands and the water level had these remaining lakes. With the draining of the lake water for irrigation, then pumping out the aquifer, the water level descended, and these lakes disappeared into the soil. If there are any aquifers filling back up, then these lakes will reappear !
Are these thumbnails being reused on multiple videos? Great content, just all seems super similar, or just mirrored versions of old ones, like the video of why the us is pumping oil back I to the ground amd then a recent video about an Australian dam, both used a building with black sludge coming in/going out of it, just mirrored
3/4 of the water in the state water system goes to the San Joaquin Valley Westside mega farms. 1/4 is what goes to So Cal and LA. Some Westside farms sell their state water allotment to So Cal cities for a huge profit, more profitable than using it for growing crops. IMO the "clay" layer in the valley basin is Diatomaceous Earth a natural process in lakes hundreds of thousands of years old. Never have seen a study on the true composition of the clay in the "clay layer", therefore my opinion.
The word " Tulare " is pronounced with the " E ", the E is not silent !!! It sounds so strange to hear the word being mispronounced after a lifetime ( 74 years ), of hearing it pronounced properly. I live in Fresno, Fresno county, an adjoining county. Tim
Most Interesting & Exciting ! ❤ Every lake has its cycle of ups & downs in life ! For thosands of years,Tulare lake was a dead lake ! Within the years,it managed to restore its ennergy & resources of water & other activities & along with precipitation it managed to spring to life again though,it does not have favourable eco system to protect its marine life !
THE ORIGIN MAPS made by early explorers showed California as a large island so it could be navigated from southern CA to Northern CA close to the Sierra Nevada mountains
They need to make the lake permanent and make money off the lake. Farm fish or create a game fishing business. It's extremely sad the lake was destroyed to begin with. California could use a huge lake like that
The owners of land in the lake should be reimbursed by the government for the value it had before the flooding so they can go elsewhere and the lake should be restored to its natural state! People need to learn to live with nature not use it up!
The family that literally drained the lake and sold off the parcels (mostly just leased, so they keep ownership) were the ones that were hit hardest. So if they are the cause of it, then they shouldn't be taking taxpayer money.
At one point in time actual steam powered riverboats could make it inland from the Sacramento delta to Fresno up the San Joaquin river. That blew my mind when I heard that.
Growing up in the Central Valley we say “tulary”. Its not out of disrespect for indigenous. I grew up in Squaw Valley CA, ask a native they’ll tell you they don’t care for re naming. The slow reveal on the eyes then beard now what looks like a fake witches peak. You have me captivated, it’s working.
And the reeds are pronounced toooly Also Stockton to the north used to be called tuleburg yes pronounced toolieberg Aaand the fog that filled the valley from coastline fog slipping thru the coastal mtn range You guessed tulefog or toolie-fog
Don't forget the crazy flooding through CA at the beginning of 2023. An unforgettable event. CA going from severe drought to being back in the green in just a matter of days with the crazy weather.
And the last 2 years of Atmospheric Rivers and Pineapple Express years back to back are most likely due to the SUV back in January, 2021, which likely added around 10% extra moisture to the atmosphere planet-wide ... You know the SUV about which I am writing ... over near Tonga ... The Super Underwater Volcano - aka Hunga-Tonga ...
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0:53 I bought that same "espresso maker" from amazon . Do you hear that air pump running? It is not an espresso machine. Espresso machines dont work with air pumps...they work with pressurized heated water and that thing is just a fish pump coffee pot and it is garbage. I sent it back.
Coffee always makes the brain work better! Both of you are here today! Glad to see you both! LOL. I respect your choices, It is your right! Thank you for all the information, interesting! Catch you next time!
Its long since time we admit that water sources and wildare more important than corporations and protect them as we have done with businesses for all this time. We need nature
They should remove some of the various dams and blockages that keep the lake from reforming permanently and allow it to reestablish. The additional water, more clement weather, and additional precipitation would be a boon to the rest of the area and even the state. Power lines can be redirected, and some cleanup can be performed. The reestablished ecosystem will do the rest to clean things up. Residents can be relocated and or compensated with things like a share in the water rights or by establishing eco-friendly, managed fisheries, etc.. Yes, it will be a bit of an adjustment, but it is better for most everybody in the long run, and it will cost less money than the expense of property loss due to the frequent flooding, and the cost of other methods of acquiring water for the state.
The bigger problem with California farming is that farmers don’t use the water efficiently, upgrades for efficiency cost money. Most farming overuses water in California and the state has not been regulating water use in farming.
A river of rain indeed! The hunga tonga volcano injected 2 cubic kilometres of seawater into the stratosphere had nothing to do with it eh. Timing and prevailing wind is a factor!
Great video but you missed a relevant point. Without land subsidence, 12 feet plus in this area from draining aquifers, this water in the form of a lake likely would have not appeared again. Almond farms use way too much water and are too vast in this region.
@@M.Mae.M cotton is worse. It demands sprinklers to water in 110° heat and crop dusters to distribute chemicals to kill every insect in bird and or get rid of the leaves before you harvest it, at least trees store carbon and do that "bad air for good air" thing. Also cotton bailers have a tendency to want to internally combust.
Theres another lake some where in Africa that just popped up out of nowhere overnight a few yrs ago dont know if its still there but it is in the middle of a dessert
I live in Tulare and Lake Tulare(Tuh-Lair-E) is west of my city. Stoked that you did a video on Lake Tulare! I always watch your videos! Keep up the awesome work!
I grew up in Madera, and I came here to correct him, so thank you.
Bakersfield girl here... To hear him mispronounced that after all the hard work and quality that went in on the video😢 and now every time I hear Tulair.. fingernails on a chalkboard
Also Tullee not tool for the local reeds.
False. The lake is west of Tulare.
Hey look at us! We’re infallible humans! GOD made us in his image, so we must be AMAZING, am I right?😃 ( or did we make HIM in OURS… )
ANYHOO, because we are the chosen of God we’re perfect and… what’s that..? You say we just destroyed hundreds of thousands of years of nature’s brilliance in roughly one decade??? Oops… how will brilliant mankind excuse their inevitable arc of destruction? Stay tuned for as long as the planet holds together!!
I love my California brothers and sisters...
"Hey, let's build our farms on the bottom of a lakebed! What could possibly go wrong?"
"Hey, let's build our houses on easily-eroded seaside cliffs! What could possibly go wrong?"
"Hey, let's build critical structures on top of faultlines! What could possibly go wrong?"
Hey let's build our houses 10 ft below sea level where hurricanes exist.... be quiet... people everywhere think of living somewhere stupid
@@hoi-polloi1863
Well the land is very fertile so I can’t blame them for growing crops on it. Plus Cali had been in such a long drought , who knew it was going to fill up from an atmospheric river.
@@davidrafanan6519 Yeah, of the three items, that one is the most understandable. I'm taking off a few points because the land has flooded periodically several times before... ;D
One major fact was left out. Dams were built in the mountains that formed new lakes that replaced TularE lake. Only extream rain can reform it.
Wish I was dumb enough to build a farm or house at the bottom of a lake and then get mad when the lake comes back
😂😂😂
What about landing at a former lake at Schiphol?
It's kind of like, "How many times do you need to hit yourself with a hammer, before you realise it hurts."
Government allows it, isn't that part of their job to not allow that?
@@hoboonwheels9289definitely the government does everything for your benefit, not money 🤑😂😂😂
Why is the Central Valley such fertile farmland? It was a HUGE lake for thousands of years..
Nutrients from up in the mountains and all the way down to the lake settle in the lake as it is the low spot.
That's why they drained it.
@@DavidJones-me7yrlarge aquifers under that area
The entire Central Valley's soil is what is known as alluvial fill. It's a thousand feet deep.
This valley has about 48 inches of top soil, more than any other place on earth.
Average top soil is about 6 to 8 inches thick, which supports all life on earth, by being fertile enough to grow crops with out a lot of man made fertilizers.
The West side of the valley floor was once Alkaline flats, where only scrub grass could grow. Then about 60 years ago, sugar beats were planted, because they love the alkaline soil, converting the alkaline into sugar.
Several years ago I helped my friends company demolish the sugar plant in Mendota, where sugar beats were processed into sugar.
The sugar beats removed the alkaline from the soil, and altered the soil chemistry so that beat production was no longer profitable.
However, now the soil is very suitable for growing all sorts of other crops. First alfa was planted, and the soil further modified, and now fruit and nut trees can flourish.
Can you say TERRA FORMING !!!
The East side of the valley, is very rich in nutrients, washed down from the Sierra Nevada mountains to the East.
There has always been ground water available, as the base of the valley is mostly solid rock, and other impervious clays, so the water stays trapped, since the last ice age. The aquifer is so deep in many parts of the valley now days, that it is too costly to pump it to the surface. We literally " Mined " Ground water for a century.
When I was a kid, back in the 1950's our wells were at about 100 feet depth.
The same well location now goes to over 300 feet, and the water is no good !!!
Polluted from fuel spills at Hammer Field, now the Fresno Terminal, ( FAT/FYI ).
We are just South of the airport.
We were connected to the Bakeman water district from the late 1950's on, until about 1970 or so. We are now connected to Fresno City water, as the Bakeman wells became too polluted with the same runoff from our former Army Air Force base, Hammer Field.
In the Western United States, water is KING !!!
With out water rights, you can't even pump water from under your own land. Water is treated like any other mineral, coal, iron ore, gold or oil, etc.
The old expression, " Whisky is for drinking, and water is for fighting " is still true today.
Lots of Valley water is shipped to Los Angles, by farmers who sell it, because they are no longer farming due to crop subsidies. They have " Water Rights ".
The entire Owens Valley, in Eastern California, is owned by the city of Los Angles, purchased by William Mulholland ( The guy who built LA !!! ), over 100 years ago to supply water to LA. In 1902 or there about, he and several others made questionable land deals, and acquired water rights to the entire Owens valley
Farmers who purchased land there, intending to farm the land, found out too late that they only leased the land, and did not own the water rights, so they can not pump water to water their own crops. The city of Los Angles, owns all the water collected in this small valley.
I hope that this brief explanation answers your Question.
Valleys world wide always seem to have the best soils for growing, as well as adequate water supplies, whether of surface water, or shallow wells.
Tim
I'm guessing that's from glacial activity or mountain runoff, right?
If the lake only rises to about 6 feet, I don't know why they did not think of using stilts, stairs, docks, instead of rebuilding over and over again, people do this all the time where the water levels can rise or fall as much as 30 ft.
Those are places that get regularly flooded, the flood in Tulare was rare
Earthquakes
Because they are lazy,they wanted the land not the water,if you can belive that.
You people aremorons
Owen's valley look it up you people are slow learners. But you keep destroying your countryside
Large lakes have a lot of possitive effects by slowly evaporating year round... After russia diverted a lake it came with lots of issues. Usually the precipitation helps regulate rain, prevent dust, keep temps lower, and better growth.
Yeah they basically destroyed an inland sea 🌊 the Soviet Union did all because some dumbass didn’t like it. Not funny at all
@@dixiefish0173gee sounds to close to home in the US. Lots of them around.
They used river water to grow cotton, then the lake dries up.@@dixiefish0173
I watched that documentary! That area is shit now when it used to thrive!
@@dixiefish0173it was to grow cotton instead of buying it from a neighboring country!
These people knew the risks.
Just like people who live next to volcanoes.
Or like the idiots who build in the Mississippi flood planes but act shocked every time it floods.
Or in Florida...
seriously though... this happens all the time so just give the land back to the lake and leave it! Especially since it could help so much of california maybe... you know... not be on fire constantly by repairing so many other parts of the areas ecosystems???
Man likes to think he can defeat Mother Nature. All we do is piss her off😅
@@thepkitty The problem with "giving the land back to the lake" is that the people owning the land will want their investment in the land and improvements back. If California wants the land as a lake then seizing everyone's land will come with fair market compensation, which would take money away from feeding, clothing, and sheltering illegal aliens, take away from slavery reparations, and money taken away from health care to illegal aliens and poor Americans. Raising taxes on rich people won't work as well because they run the state government, and Hollywood actors and actresses are immune to higher taxes by California law. That means non rich Californians who aren't on welfare will be paying for it.
It's these private investors putting dams all over the sierras. I studied this in field bio and the one connection no one makes is that the drought is directly correlated to these big bodies of water being drained. When the flooding happened from all the rain, the government acted shocked. All you needed to do, and what they should be doing is warning the residents in the area, because the flooding will happen again, and it will be worse the next time. The ecosystem in CenCal had always been Wetland Marshes. If you want to know more, then look up water tables sinking in California. 🤘🏼😤
It is ironic, drain the largest aquafer in the state and then pump groundwater to the point of subsidence so water will no longer percolate to underground reservoirs. Then farmers blame the politicians for the lack of water when the very practices they and their predecessors employed are the root of the problem. 😕
I currently live south of Houston. That sprawling mass was built on a swamp, thought drained. Water always goes back to its roots, and people are still surprised about the flooding in Houston. Hurricane Harvey (2017) was a rather stark reminder, though to be fair, that one did flood a third of Texas. It went to the very old coastline, the Edwards Escarpment just east of Austin. If you check topographical maps, you can see the old coast of Texas. Water always goes back to its roots.
@@persnikitty3570Water, fire, pestilence will always bet humans.
Meanwhile they drain the lake and then complain when there is a water shortage.
Don't build in flood plains. Just because it's dry doesn't mean it WON'T come back to life. Farmers stole the water so it must mean it still flowed. They just drained it faster than it could regenerate.
Stole the water. I guess you eat stolen fruits and vegetables and meat.
Those of us that live in this area pronounce it "too-LARE-ee". The "e" at the end has a sound.
Americans always pronounce silent terminal modifier vowels. Because they speak 'dog English' not real English.
The biggest culprit is local and state governments wanting the money for selling land like this. There’s land in every state that shouldn’t be developed, but local governments don’t care about the bigger picture
You sound like this is a problem, it's not, is a good thing.
@@Mrbfgray Depends on your definition of a good thing.
@@marychrishannon7048 Here in perpetually parched Cali more water is generally a good thing. Not far from this puddle is severe ground subsidence from excess ag pumping and low water table.
The real problem is that your politicians like the British politicians are for sale to the highest bidder.
Greedy bastards!!!
Tulare Lake has not been gone for 'Centuries' it re-emerges after intense winter and spring rains. Last time it re-emerged was in the mid 1980's and took 3 years to disappear once again.
The process of using the canals to pump water to ponding basins for aquifer recharge has been going on for years. Large parts of the developed parts of the Central Valley return more water to the aquifers than untouched land. I recommend folks living in the region to take the California Master Gardeners classes, it covers the hydrology of the region quite extensively.
Actually, local farmers could potentially use this to their advantage and possibly build their farms with the idea of flooding in mind, just like the ancient Egyptians did. They actually anticipated the regular flooding of the Nile, using it greatly to their advantage, producing extra food during floods so they'd have food stores to make it through droughts.
That would depend on the floodings being predictable.
@@staomruel It kind of would be, for as long as there is an extreme weather event every 15 years they might be able to cash on for a bit, or they could simply use some sort of terraforming irrigation where one would build large islands a little below use it that way.
@@staomruelflooding can be predictable by stopping extraction and opening dams.
Kind of like people who camp in flood channels because they are flat and dry.
There was a swampy area just west of where I grew up. Railroad built a big embankment late 1800's, but the swamp remained until people began filling in the swamp. Then they built very cute townhomes on former swamp. Flooding problems anyone?
Nestle bottled it...
And Fiji, look up the Wonderful Company's history of snatching up Cali water rights, just have to know which palms to grease with the green.
Yep, and if the plastic bottle doesn't kill ya, the polluted water will. It's a win win for population control. Sick, sick. And sick.
Nestle is evil.
A bit sad. All that water has to go somewhere, and it just goes where it always has. Great video, I was not aware of this issue in quite those terms, I knew about the flooding of low-level land, but it's nice to have the big picture. Thanks a lot for your efforts.
I live almost directly across from the Space Center in Florida, since I was a teenager (Im 60 now😂). we had afternoon thunderstorms EVERY single day like clockwork, we'd have to run from the beach into our car, wait about 45 minutes and then go right back to our fun in the sun, this went on up until this past year, our yard used to flood in parts every summer, but we loved it it, cools off everything! This year we've hardly had any rain and it's been at weird times of the day, before hurricane season even started I was telling people it's going to be bad because the weather is warm and that makes for stronger storms! I don't know about y'all but I'm just a tad worried!😮😮
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Exactly! There’s TWO of em! Maybe more WATOP’s just runnin around here! Gotta catch em all.
1:06 the water is clipping through the boat lol
I enjoy your videos very much. Interesting information, narrated nicely, phtos and pictures great..and the perfect amount of time..just long enough to get all the INFO included, but short enough to retain what i learn from them. Thanks. Very much appreciated.
Awesome video. I feel that if all of the bodies of water had been left alone then we would be in a much better place today. and a lot of animals would have been saved too.
Great video.
Another interesting video, thank you! Your channels are educational, informative and entertaining…and your anonymity adds intrigue
So what I'm hearing is humanity being humanity and pulling a woe is me when they do something without research and it bites them in the ass. Got it.
They should try to preserve the lake. It would do good to have the water as a natural reservoir.
Where did it go? Sunk into the ground, used on crops, evaporated.
It was extensively pumped to water crops, and when it was empty the land was sold. There are farms under that water.
Jesus stole it!
Well, or maybe the Devil.
I live in Corcoran and this time last year the flood water was just a mile out of town. They built up the levees all around to hold the water back. I’ve seen it happen 4 times in my lifetime.
Great research! Much appreciation for this video. Thank you!
The reason these remnant lakes remained after the Great Central Valley Lake drained out via my greater San Fran Bay exit ... and the Central Valley aquifer's water level was still high enough, that shallow lands and the water level had these remaining lakes. With the draining of the lake water for irrigation, then pumping out the aquifer, the water level descended, and these lakes disappeared into the soil. If there are any aquifers filling back up, then these lakes will reappear !
Are these thumbnails being reused on multiple videos? Great content, just all seems super similar, or just mirrored versions of old ones, like the video of why the us is pumping oil back I to the ground amd then a recent video about an Australian dam, both used a building with black sludge coming in/going out of it, just mirrored
Revive Corcoran, dam it, give the west coast a Great Lake. :D
Woohoo! Build me a lake house! We're back baby!
The AAA road maps of the 70's have the outline on the central valley map. My name is Bicycle Bob and I approved this message.
Glen Hague, Americas Handyman (RIP) always said, "Water always wins. That is why there is a Grand Canyon."
I love the graphics and image scrolling in the background. Someone's been playing with new tech.😃
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3/4 of the water in the state water system goes to the San Joaquin Valley Westside mega farms. 1/4 is what goes to So Cal and LA. Some Westside farms sell their state water allotment to So Cal cities for a huge profit, more profitable than using it for growing crops. IMO the "clay" layer in the valley basin is Diatomaceous Earth a natural process in lakes hundreds of thousands of years old. Never have seen a study on the true composition of the clay in the "clay layer", therefore my opinion.
The word " Tulare " is pronounced with the " E ", the E is not silent !!!
It sounds so strange to hear the word being mispronounced after a lifetime ( 74 years ),
of hearing it pronounced properly.
I live in Fresno, Fresno county, an adjoining county.
Tim
Most Interesting & Exciting ! ❤ Every lake has its cycle of ups & downs in life ! For thosands of years,Tulare lake was a dead lake ! Within the years,it managed to restore its ennergy & resources of water & other activities & along with precipitation it managed to spring to life again though,it does not have favourable eco system to protect its marine life !
I heard your voice on another YT post...
Wild Iron(?)!
Same with people who rebuild in areas of regular mudslides, landslides, etc
This is like trying to live at the bottom of a swimming pool. Sure, sometimes it's drained...but...
love these vids keep it up
Capital city of Nepal, ' Kathmandu' was lake too. A very dig one. And look also for late monsoon heavy rain fall for 2 days here..
I’m cool with you being anonymous, and I always hit the like button on shit I like. That’s a good duo dude.
THE ORIGIN MAPS made by early explorers showed California as a large island so it could be navigated from southern CA to Northern CA close to the Sierra Nevada mountains
I hope the Army Corps of Engineers don't try to "fix" this.
They need to make the lake permanent and make money off the lake. Farm fish or create a game fishing business. It's extremely sad the lake was destroyed to begin with. California could use a huge lake like that
Coffee's out for WATOP
Good video
I prefer to call water that's being landed instead of land that's being flooded
A lot of oil wells were drilled in the Tulare Lake area back in the 80s.
The owners of land in the lake should be reimbursed by the government for the value it had before the flooding so they can go elsewhere and the lake should be restored to its natural state!
People need to learn to live with nature not use it up!
The family that literally drained the lake and sold off the parcels (mostly just leased, so they keep ownership) were the ones that were hit hardest. So if they are the cause of it, then they shouldn't be taking taxpayer money.
The Earth reclaimed what man took for granted. Respect Nature and you will live an abundant life.
At one point in time actual steam powered riverboats could make it inland from the Sacramento delta to Fresno up the San Joaquin river. That blew my mind when I heard that.
The pile of spike on the title image of this video sent to chill to my spine.
Growing up in the Central Valley we say “tulary”. Its not out of disrespect for indigenous. I grew up in Squaw Valley CA, ask a native they’ll tell you they don’t care for re naming. The slow reveal on the eyes then beard now what looks like a fake witches peak. You have me captivated, it’s working.
Love your eyes ❤️❤️
Controversial makes it sound like the lake attended Diddy freak-offs.
And the reeds are pronounced toooly
Also Stockton to the north used to be called tuleburg yes pronounced toolieberg
Aaand the fog that filled the valley from coastline fog slipping thru the coastal mtn range
You guessed tulefog or toolie-fog
I respect ur right to privacy!!
May the lake come back strong!
I love that you acknowledge climate change!
Don't forget the crazy flooding through CA at the beginning of 2023. An unforgettable event. CA going from severe drought to being back in the green in just a matter of days with the crazy weather.
And the last 2 years of Atmospheric Rivers and Pineapple Express years back to back are most likely due to the SUV back in January, 2021, which likely added around 10% extra moisture to the atmosphere planet-wide ...
You know the SUV about which I am writing ... over near Tonga ...
The Super Underwater Volcano - aka Hunga-Tonga ...
Nice haircut Steve ;) yea I noticed 😂
That is a shame. 😢
Another good video and that’s not a shame.
Steve widow's peak reveal woop
Lake Tulare area ought to be preserved as a national wetlands or protected area.
Just wanted to let you know I love your program
Damn I had hoped it stayed
I would love to discover new countries 🤠
makes you wonder how human beings became so prolific
Steve are you ok? If your stressed or tired just take a break for a day or 2
DUDE…I was literally just saying to my husband how I’m perfectly fine not looking up or trying to find out more about this guy. I don’t need any outside influences getting in the way of me just enjoying your show with the persona you choose to share with us. And that you’re very likable the way you are. Then seconds later you randomly say “thanks for respecting my anonymity”. Fucking nuts
And you’re welcome, dude
0:53 I bought that same "espresso maker" from amazon . Do you hear that air pump running? It is not an espresso machine. Espresso machines dont work with air pumps...they work with pressurized heated water and that thing is just a fish pump coffee pot and it is garbage. I sent it back.
How do insurance companies react towards this issue? Do they keep paying claims?
Getting tired of these fake ass thumbnails
Coffee always makes the brain work better! Both of you are here today! Glad to see you both! LOL. I respect your choices, It is your right! Thank you for all the information, interesting! Catch you next time!
Love your content, presentation, and VALUES.
Just goes to show it might not be a great idea to build on land where a lake used to be...
(Also it's pronounced too-LAIR-ee)
Its long since time we admit that water sources and wildare more important than corporations and protect them as we have done with businesses for all this time. We need nature
Tulare = too-LARE-ree
I recognize your voice, Josh!
Lol yeah if you knew the person irl it is a very unique voice
I was thinking of Chef John from Food Wishes.
They should remove some of the various dams and blockages that keep the lake from reforming permanently and allow it to reestablish. The additional water, more clement weather, and additional precipitation would be a boon to the rest of the area and even the state. Power lines can be redirected, and some cleanup can be performed. The reestablished ecosystem will do the rest to clean things up. Residents can be relocated and or compensated with things like a share in the water rights or by establishing eco-friendly, managed fisheries, etc.. Yes, it will be a bit of an adjustment, but it is better for most everybody in the long run, and it will cost less money than the expense of property loss due to the frequent flooding, and the cost of other methods of acquiring water for the state.
It's so cool how we mess with nature. Ecologists are crazy. I support farmers because I like eating cheap veggies.
The bigger problem with California farming is that farmers don’t use the water efficiently, upgrades for efficiency cost money. Most farming overuses water in California and the state has not been regulating water use in farming.
Great I learned about a lake, hooray
Now explain to me what it has to do with the thumb nail?
A river of rain indeed! The hunga tonga volcano injected 2 cubic kilometres of seawater into the stratosphere had nothing to do with it eh. Timing and prevailing wind is a factor!
You can't beat nature, just let the lake what it wants to be, a lake, if you keep fighting its return, it's inevitable you will eventually lose.
I guess it would depend on the water table,whither it's high or low.
They need to just let these lakes build up. The constant draining and farming is what destroyed California in terms of lacking fresh water.
The goobers could dam it up and have their own water, but hell no they got to steal Nevada's water off lake Mead and drain that lake.
Mystic lake near Hemet California disappears and reappears likes this all the time too
Great video but you missed a relevant point. Without land subsidence, 12 feet plus in this area from draining aquifers, this water in the form of a lake likely would have not appeared again. Almond farms use way too much water and are too vast in this region.
@@M.Mae.M cotton is worse. It demands sprinklers to water in 110° heat and crop dusters to distribute chemicals to kill every insect in bird and or get rid of the leaves before you harvest it, at least trees store carbon and do that "bad air for good air" thing. Also cotton bailers have a tendency to want to internally combust.
Theres another lake some where in Africa that just popped up out of nowhere overnight a few yrs ago dont know if its still there but it is in the middle of a dessert
Farmers should learn from the indigenous people how to farm dry crops that were once abundant prior to being destroyed.